As Oscar Nominations Loom, The Five Worst Best (Recent) Pictures

The paradox of the Oscars is that while nobody outside of the incestuous parallel reality of Hollywood really cares about them, we still find ourselves drawn to the spectacle like illiterates to a Rock of Love marathon. The nominations for the 81st Academy Awards will be announced this week, so we decided to take a look at some of the least-worthy Best Picture winners, narrowing it down to more recent offenders. (Yeah, like any of you have seen Cavalcade.)

Why it Won: Not satisfied with giving Hanks the Oscar for Philadelphia the previous year, Hollywood wanted to show its appreciation for classics like Bachelor Party and The Man With One Red Shoe all over again.